1.   A school tax-relief measure scheduled for a November vote would help, but not this year.

2.   Cohen said the vote clearly helped Feinstein.

3.   Further, in Arizona the Hispanic vote helped another Republican, Sen. John McCain, win re-election easily.

4.   His vote could help the Conservatives win a vote of no-confidence that would immediately force them out of power.

5.   Hispanic and Soviet-bloc votes helped do the trick.

6.   In North Carolina, the black vote helped defeat hard-right senator Lauch Faircloth.

7.   Nearly all the new members were chosen from the Legislature, where they continue to hold seats and where their votes helped Arafat to win a clear majority Sunday.

8.   Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said the rapid fire Senate votes have helped to ease partisan tensions in the Senate.

9.   Some suggest that a small vote will help hard-core anti-agreement forces win enough seats to wreck the assembly.

10.   The expected vote could help the GOP presidential candidate regain the offensive after weeks of being whipsawed on several issues on the Senate floor.